July 2019

July 31, 2019

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL is seeking to fill up to three tenure-track or tenured faculty positions. One position is for a tax scholar. For the others, we will consider outstanding candidates in any field, but we are especially interested in scholars working in corporations (and related business subjects), civil rights and social justice, criminal law and procedure, and property. We warmly welcome applications from women, members of minority groups, and others who will contribute to the diversity of the faculty. Wayne Law is a vibrant intellectual community in the heart of Detroit. Candidates not listed in the FAR and those with particular interest in Wayne Law should send a cover letter, CV, and any other materials they wish the committee to consider to Professor Christopher C. Lund, Faculty Appointments Committee Chair, at lund@wayne.edu. The law school will be participating in the AALS Recruitment Conference in Washington, D.C., but we will consider applicants outside the FAR process.

July 30, 2019

The South Carolina Law Review will host its 2020 Symposium on Friday, February 21, 2020, at the University of South Carolina School of Law. The symposium will specifically examine the effects of and legal avenues for combating human trafficking within the state of South Carolina as well as throughout the nation.

In 2017, the National Human Trafficking Hotline reported a 13% jump in identified human trafficking cases on a national level. In 2018, the NHTH listed sex trafficking as the highest form of trafficking in South Carolina, with labor trafficking following closely behind. Part of the difficulty in combating human trafficking is the inability to recognize trafficking. Even then, victims do not always identify as victims, and prosecuting traffickers can become a difficult challenge. Questions concerning identification of sex and labor trafficking, prosecution of traffickers, rehabilitation of victims, and laws that protect victims while punishing traffickers and buyers will continue to challenge the legal community. These issues and more will be addressed during the South Carolina Law Review’s 2020 Symposium.

The South Carolina Law Review seeks thoughtful, insightful, and original papers addressing the broad range of topics related to “Human Trafficking and the Practice of Law.” Interested authors should submit a 500-word abstract to tvoegel@email.sc.edu with the subject line “Human Trafficking and the Law” by October 15, 2019, for consideration. Interdisciplinary works are welcome from academic professors, legal practitioners, and any other professionals who work with human trafficking issues. If selected, a completed paper (6,000-18,000 words) will be due to the South Carolina Law Review Editorial Board by January 1, 2020.

About a month ago, I blogged about Pres. Trump's chances at reelection, pointing out that incumbent parties have almost always won at least a second term in the White House. In fact, only once in the past 120 years has either party lost the presidency after only a single term -- Jimmy Carter in 1980.

Here is another sad fact from this Democrat's perspective. Since 1896, only three non-incumbent Democrats have won presidential elections other than during severe economic downturns. Those three were JFK, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy Carter, and the latter two had the advantages of a split GOP (Wilson in 1912) and Watergate (Carter in 1976). Otherwise, FDR won during the Depression, Clinton had "the economy, stupid," and Obama had the Great Recession.

In other words, Democrats have rarely taken the presidency from the Republicans other than in extraordinary circumstances. It is arguable that only JFK has managed to win in relatively ordinary economic and political times, and he was not running against an incumbent.

Of course, Trump has defied history from the beginning, so there is hope. Maybe tonight's debate will reveal an electable candidate with a winning strategy.

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law invites applications from entry-level and lateral candidates for full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty positions with an expected start date of July 1, 2020. We welcome applications from candidates across all areas of law, although subject areas of particular interest include civil procedure, comparative law, contracts, evidence, family law, health law, immigration law, intellectual property, international law, and torts.

Cardozo Law is interested in lateral candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence by providing leadership in teaching, research and service. The Law School is interested in entry-level candidates who can demonstrate a strong potential for excellence in teaching, research and service. All candidates should be committed to building an equitable and diverse scholarly and educational environment.

Entry level candidates should apply through the Faculty Appointments Register administered by the Association of American Law Schools. Lateral candidates should apply by sending an updated curriculum vitae and list of at least three references by email to Professor Alex Reinert, Appointments Committee Chair (areinert@yu.edu). Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Cardozo Law values diversity and aims to build a team with a multiplicity of backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences that inform and strengthen our work. The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

July 29, 2019

The University of Mississippi School of Law invites applications from entry-level and non-tenured lateral candidates for a tenure-track faculty position beginning August 2020. Our primary curricular needs are in Political & Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Critical Race Theory, Gender and the Law, Disability Law & Policy, Employment Discrimination, and International Human Rights, but we welcome applications from outstanding candidates in all curricular areas. All applicants should have a distinguished academic background, and either great promise or a record of excellence in both scholarship and teaching.

Located among the rolling hills of Northern Mississippi, the University of Mississippi’s main campus is centered in Oxford, Miss., about 70 miles south of Memphis, Tenn. Oxford has been listed among the 20 Best Small Towns in America by Smithsonian Magazine. Oxford boasts great independent bookstores, excellent restaurants, and a vibrant arts community and is home to one of the best public school districts in the state of Mississippi.

California Western School of Law (CWSL) is seeking applications from entry-level candidates for a tenure-track position to begin on or about August 1, 2020. We are looking for candidates with strong academic backgrounds, a commitment to excellence in teaching, and demonstrated potential to be productive scholars. The Appointments Committee is looking for candidates in a wide variety of fields but is particularly interested in candidates with a strong desire to teach Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Evidence, Property, and/or Civil Procedure. CWSL welcomes applications from individuals who would contribute to the vibrancy and diversity of our faculty.

Established in 1924, CWSL is an ABA accredited and AALS member, non-profit law school located in downtown San Diego, California. We have the distinction of being San Diego’s oldest law school.

Application materials should include a cover letter, C.V., research agenda, and a diversity statement that addresses how you will contribute to CWSL’s goal of creating a diverse faculty. Please direct application materials and questions to the chair of the Appointments Committee, Professor Nancy Kim, at the following email address: appointments@cwsl.edu. The Appointments Committee is attending the AALS faculty recruitment conference in October 2019. Please reference your AALS FAR form number in any correspondence. For candidates seeking consideration outside of the AALS faculty recruitment conference, we encourage the submission of applications before September 1, 2019.

The current issue of Sociological Forum has my essay on subpoenas of ethnographers and their field notes: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Subpoenas?" Here is the opening paragraph:

Virtually no one ever welcomes a subpoena, especially when it comes as a surprise. At best, responding to a subpoena will require hours of time, retrieving documents and perhaps appearing at a deposition. At worst, the subpoena will demand disclosure of confidential information that threatens to compromise trusted relationships. In late 2017, Shamus Khan found himself in the latter situation when he was served with a subpoena seeking field notes, other documents, and deposition testimony relating to his ethnography, Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School (Khan 2011). Khan’s moving and thoughtful essay, recently published in this journal, carefully addresses the difficult decisions confronting an ethnographer under subpoena, supplemented by a response from Jack Katz (2019).From a law professor’s perspective, the two sociologists got most things right, some things wrong, and left several important issues insufficiently explored (Katz 2019;Khan 2019).

The Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law invites applications for one tenure-track faculty position to begin August of 2020. We are interested in outstanding candidates in all fields. Applicants should have a strong academic record, a J.D. or Ph.D degree or their equivalent, and demonstrated commitment or the capacity to make outstanding contributions in the areas of scholarship, teaching, and service. Benefits are competitive and include a budget for research and travel. Faculty may also apply to the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development for summer research stipends to work on individual and collective projects. The University embraces diversity in its faculty, students, and staff, and we welcome applications from those who would add to the diversity of our academic community. The appointments committee will attend the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference. We will contact selected candidates to apply and interview in Washington D.C., or elsewhere. Additional information about the law school is available at https://www.chapman.edu/law/index.aspx. Please direct questions to Lan Cao, Chair of the Faculty Appointments Committee, via e-mail at lcao@chapman.edu.

Chapman University is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other bases under federal or local laws.

July 28, 2019

Penn State Law in University Park is conducting several searches for tenured or tenure-track faculty in the 2019-20 academic year. This is part of a multi-year strategic hiring plan, and we will consider both entry level and lateral candidates. Lateral candidates may be at the assistant, associate, or full professor levels.

One of our searches will consider candidates in all subject areas, but we have a particular interest in those with research or teaching interests in criminal procedure and business law (including both domestic and international business). In addition, Penn State Law will be making two interdisciplinary hires. The first is a joint hire with the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment for a position in energy and/or environmental law. The second is a joint hire with Penn State’s Institute for CyberScience, College of Engineering, and School of International Affairs on law and big data; for this position, we will consider scholars, interested in any area of the law, who incorporate big data into their research.

Candidates must have a J.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree, a distinguished academic record, and demonstrated potential to produce outstanding scholarship. Penn State Law will be attending the AALS faculty recruitment conference, and entry level candidates are strongly encouraged to participate in the AALS Faculty Appointments Register. Lateral candidates should submit a current CV, four letters of reference, teaching evaluations, and a draft work-in-progress to Appointments@pennstatelaw.psu.edu. Specific inquiries should be addressed to the chair of the Appointments Committee, Professor Sam Thompson, at sct13@psu.edu.

July 26, 2019

Albany Law School invites applications for an entry-level tenure-track position teaching Intellectual Property law courses, including courses such as Patent Law, Patent Prosecution, Technology Transfer, Copyright law, and Trademark Law. In addition to teaching IP-related courses, the successful applicant will work with practicing attorneys and alumni to determine current needs in IP law and practice, strategize potential marketing and development initiatives related to the program, and help propose and create additional new on-site and on-line programs in intellectual property for attorneys and other professionals as appropriate. We are especially interested in candidates with a proven record of creating and growing innovative programming. Courses may be on-site and/or on-line, and available to both JD and non-JD students.

Candidates must demonstrate 1) a strong academic background; 2) a demonstrated record of scholarship in the area of Intellectual Property Law; 3) a capacity for and a commitment to be an effective teacher in the classroom and in an on-line environment, and 4) a capacity for and commitment to work with students and build student interest in the Intellectual Property program.

Candidates are required to possess a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school, and a minimum of 4 years of related work or teaching experience.

Albany Law School is a small, independent private school in New York State’s capital. Established in 1851, it is the oldest independent law school in the nation and the oldest law school in New York. You can learn more about the school by visiting our website: www.albanylaw.edu

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The Faculty Recruitment Committee will interview candidates in the New York State area, as well as at the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in October 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Albany Law School is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruitment and retention of a qualified and diverse workforce.

Co-Director and Tenure-Track Assistant Professor,

Community Development Clinic

The Justice Center at Albany Law School invites applications for a Co-Director and entry-level Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Community Development Clinic. The Community Development Clinic delivers a clinical experience for law students interested in business and transactional practice exposing them to the legal needs of small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

The Community Development Clinic provides brief advice, advocacy assistance, popular education, and full legal representation to start-up entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organizations from underrepresented and excluded communities in isolated urban and rural areas. The Clinic provides assistance on a broad range of transactional and business law matters related to small business development including entity formation, contracts, commercial leases, real estate transactions, securities, tax, and intellectual property.

In addition to representing clients, students in the Clinic participate in a weekly seminar addressing substantive legal issues related to fieldwork projects. The seminar involves skills development components including interviewing, client counseling, and transactional lawyering-focused skills, such as negotiation, and drafting contracts, leases, and other business-related documents.

The successful candidate will have teaching and caseload responsibilities based on a model of clinical teaching concentrating upon the education of participating students through the representation of real clients. Appointment will be made at the entry-level position of Assistant Professor. Candidates must demonstrate 1) a strong academic background, 2) a strong practice background; 3) a capacity for and a commitment to producing scholarship, and 4) a capacity for and a commitment to be an effective teacher in the classroom and to spend significant time outside of class working with students.

Candidates are required to possess a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school, and a minimum of 5 years of related work experience. Candidates with a JD/MBA, or other related graduate degree, a plus. Must be admitted to practice in New York or eligible to be admitted to practice in New York. Experience with clinical pedagogy and/or in training, supervising, teaching and mentoring law students is a plus. Also required: Demonstrated commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion and building community; excellent interpersonal skills; excellent oral and written communication skills; and strong organizational skills. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Albany Law School is a small, independent private school in New York State’s capital. Established in 1851, it is the oldest independent law school in the nation and the oldest law school in New York. You can learn more about the school by visiting our website: www.albanylaw.edu

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The Faculty Recruitment Committee will interview candidates in the New York State area, as well as at the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in October 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Assistant Dean, Student Affairs - College of Law - University of Tennessee

The College of Law is seeking the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs (ADSA). Reporting directly to the Dean of the College, the ADSA provides administrative oversight, management and support for the College’s JD, joint JD, LLM and 3+3 programs. The ADSA oversees two of the College's three student and enrollment services units, which includes providing leadership to the College's Career Services Department. The College of Law is seeking candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Candidates must have a J.D. from an accredited law school.

Required Experience:

Experience in the practice of law or extensive experience with higher education or law school.

Demonstrated leadership and administrative accomplishments in positions of increasing responsibility.

Demonstrated commitment to the intellectual, professional, and personal development of a diverse student body.

A history of working collaboratively with diverse constituencies.

Direct responsibility for a broad range of student services functions. Experience with advising students, student organizations, crisis management, and policy development and implementation.

Ability to interact and work collaboratively with a broad range of people and groups.

Ability to assess and evaluate effectiveness, plan strategically, establish goals, and set priorities.

Knowledge and understanding of issues affecting higher education.

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, or covered veteran status.

Interested parties should submit an online application to include a letter of interest, CV and three (3) professional references prior to August 30, 2019 at Assistant-Dean-Student-Affairs. Questions regarding this position may be directed to Brooke Swart, Executive Recruiter, at bswart@utk.edu.

The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) is pleased to invite submissions for its fifth workshop on comparative business and financial law to be held on February 7-8, 2020 at the University of Akron School of Law in Akron, Ohio. The purpose of the workshop is to highlight, develop, and promote the scholarship of new and younger comparativists in accounting, banking, bankruptcy, corporations, commercial law, economics, finance, and securities.

The University of Akron School of Law is located in the Cleveland/Akron area in Ohio and is conveniently served by two airports–Akron-Canton Airport (only a 20- minute drive to the law school) and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (a 45- minute drive to the law school).

Up to twelve papers will be chosen from those submitted for presentation at the workshop pursuant to this Call for Papers. The workshop audience will include invited young scholars, faculty from the University of Akron School of Law and other law schools in the region, and invited guests.

Submissions will only be accepted from scholars who have held a full-time academic appointment for no more than ten years as of June 30, 2020.

Submission Instructions

To submit an entry, scholars should email an attachment in Microsoft Word or PDF containing an abstract of no more than 1000 words by 5:00 P.M. EST, October 25, 2019, to the following address: vkorzun@uakron.edu. Please title the email “YCC Business Law Workshop – [Name]” and attach a file named “FirstName.LastName.ASCLworkshop.” Abstracts should reflect original research that will not yet have been published, though may have been accepted for publication, by the time of the workshop. Abstracts should include a cover page with the author’s name, title of the paper, institutional affiliation, contact information, as well as the author’s certification that she/he qualifies as a younger scholar as defined above.

Scholars may make only one submission. Both individual and co-authored submissions will be accepted. For co-authored submissions, at least one author must qualify as an eligible younger comparativist.

Notification

Invitees will be selected via a blind review by the workshop program committee. Authors of the submissions selected for the workshop will be notified no later than November 15, 2019. There is no cost to register for the workshop but participants are responsible for securing their own funding for travel, lodging and other incidental expenses. A limited number of $200 travel stipends may be awarded to scholars from ASCL member schools who demonstrate financial need. If you would like to be considered for a travel stipend, please make that request in your submission.

Final papers for the workshop will be due no later than January 17, 2020.

Acknowledgements and Questions

The YCC gratefully acknowledges the support of the University of Akron School of Law. Please direct all inquiries to Professor Vera Korzun, Chair of the Program Committee, by email at vkorzun@uakron.edu.

Please feel free to share this Call for Papers with any colleagues who may be interested.

The Program Committee:

Martin Gelter, Professor, Fordham University School of LawVirginia Harper Ho, Professor, University of Kansas School of LawVera Korzun, Assistant Professor, University of Akron School of Law (Chair) Peter Oh, Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of LawTimothy Webster, Professor and Director of Asian Legal Studies, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

YCC Board of Directors:

Ioanna Tourkochoriti, Lecturer Above the Bar, National University of Ireland (Galway) (Chair)Antonia Baraggia, Assistant Profess of Comparative Law, University of Milan (Vice Chair)

Valentina Rita Scotti, Assistant Professor of Law, Koç University (Treasurer) Kish Parella, Associate Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of LawVera Korzun, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Akron School of Law

Registration is now open for the Central States Law Schools Association 2019 Scholarship Conference, which will be held on Friday, September 20 and Saturday, September 21 at the University of Toledo College of Law in Toledo, Ohio. We invite law faculty from across the country to submit proposals to present papers or works in progress.

CSLSA is an organization of law schools dedicated to providing a forum for conversation and collaboration among law school academics. The CSLSA Annual Conference is an opportunity for legal scholars, especially more junior scholars, to present working papers or finished articles on any law-related topic in a relaxed and supportive setting where junior and senior scholars from various disciplines are available to comment. More mature scholars have an opportunity to test new ideas in a less formal setting than is generally available for their work. Scholars from member and nonmember schools are invited to attend.

Please click here to register. The deadline for registration is September 1, 2019.

July 24, 2019

Chicago-Kent College of Law expects to hire two or more entry-level or pre-tenure lateral faculty to join our vibrant and nationally recognized intellectual community. We are especially interested in candidates with a demonstrated commitment to scholarship and teaching in the following fields:

· First-Year Subjects (including Legislation)

· Commercial Law

· Corporate Law

· Labor/Employment Law

· Tax Law

Chicago-Kent is an equal opportunity employer. Since our founding as a law school serving Chicago’s immigrant and working-class communities, we have been committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty and fostering the inclusion of underrepresented groups in the legal profession. We accepted women and students of color from our inception, graduating our first African-American woman in 1894. Today, we continue our dedication to providing opportunities for all, regardless of age, citizenship status, class, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

We encourage entry-level candidates to apply through the AALS process, but we welcome expressions of interest, which can be directed to lawappts@kentlaw.iit.edu. Pre-tenure lateral candidates should send a cover letter, CV, and research agenda to lawappts@kentlaw.iit.edu.

The Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law is hiring, and has multiple positions open, including an innovative fellow dedicated to finding solutions to the problem of poverty.

Here are two announcements:

Tenure-Track Hiring:

The Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law seeks one or more outstanding educator/scholars to join its faculty. We welcome applications from candidates across all areas of law. This tenure-track faculty position will be filled at the Assistant/Associate Professor level depending on the candidate's experience and qualifications. Candidates in all subject areas will be considered, but Property (Land Use), Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Law, and Health Law are areas of special interest. Candidates are welcome to contact our appointments chair, Michelle Dempsey, by email to express interest (dempsey at law.villanova.edu). An official HR posting will be available in the future.

Tufano Family Fellow to End Poverty:

The Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law seeks a visionary thinker, scholar, and educator with the diverse skills, background, and interests necessary to advance creative and innovative ways to solve the problem of poverty in the United States. The successful candidate will lead the Tufano Family Initiative to End Poverty and Inequality at Villanova University, an interdisciplinary enterprise housed in the Charles Widger School of Law. The Tufano Family Initiative to End Poverty and Inequality will support programmatic initiatives to generate concrete ideas and policy solutions to address the problem of poverty, including development of an annual symposium. The Initiative will approach the causes and effects of poverty with an interdisciplinary, evidence-based approach that prioritizes efforts that will yield concrete results and maximum advancement toward eliminating poverty.

More details on this position are available here: https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/16816. Applications should be submitted in the same place, though questions may be directed to Vice Dean Michael Risch (risch at law.villanova.edu).

Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order. Diversity and inclusion have been and will continue to be an integral component of Villanova University's mission. The University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and seeks candidates who understand, respect and can contribute to the University's mission and values.

July 22, 2019

Fate has compelled be to pay attention to medical studies and journal articles on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). I am usually most interested in an article's abstract, describing the results, as I am not easily able to closely follow the medical details. Sometimes, however, there are ethics issues regarding the studies themselves, which are squarely in my wheelhouse. So it was with a recent study, in the British journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, of the so-called “Lightning Process,” which seemed to validate the three-day training process – which uses “neuro-linguistic programming,” life coaching, and “emotional self-regulation” – as a potentially effective treatment for ME/CFS in children.

Biomedical research ethics are not the same as legal ethics, but there are areas of overlap, including conflicts of interest. A central rule in both fields should be that individuals cannot be relied upon to assess their own objectivity. Instead, we have external standards for judges, lawyers, and, one would have thought, medical researchers. Regrettably, the editors of Archives of Disease in Childhood have allowed the authors of the Lightning Process study to vouch for their own credibility, in circumstances where their credibility should have been reasonably in doubt.

The invaluable David Tuller, of the University of California, Berkeley, reviewed the Lightning Process study and discovered several glaring problems. Most significantly, the investigators recruited more than half the participants before registering the study, which violated the policy of all major medical journals on only publishing trials that adhere to strict prospective registration procedures. Then the investigators swapped the primary and secondary outcomes following the early results, without acknowledging this change or the registration irregularities when publishing the study.

The original primary outcome in the feasibility trial—school attendance at six months—was relegated to the status of a secondary outcome. The subjective measure of self-reported physical function, which was a secondary measure for the feasibility trial, became the primary outcome for the full trial.

This is significant, because the study actually showed no improvement for school attendance at six months. Swapping primary and secondary outcomes, however, allowed the study to report effectiveness based on the positive but subjective results for self-reported physical function at six months. In other words, the authors changed the rules – and in fact, changed the very scoring system – in the middle of the game. Or in poker terms, they decided that a straight would beat a flush, but only after the cards started lining up. Nonetheless, the study received widespread media coverage for this claimed success.

The University of Richmond School of Law seeks top-notch scholars who are passionate about their teaching and research, who will thrive in an environment of engaged faculty, and who view the success of their colleagues and students as their own success. This year we have openings for as many as three entry-level tenure-track professors. We are open to a range of areas of interest but are especially looking for expertise in criminal law and procedure, critical legal studies, immigration, legislation and regulation, corporate law, cybersecurity, and data analytics/empirical legal studies.

We are also working with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond to fill the Tyler Haynes Interdisciplinary Chair. For this endowed chair, we seek candidates with a distinguished record of scholarship and teaching who would be appointed as a tenured faculty member and would teach in both schools. We are especially interested in candidates whose research addresses areas of applied law and leadership, including criminal justice, housing, immigration, educational policy, health care, and institutional design and analysis. While we are open to candidates with either a J.D. or Ph.D., the ideal candidate will be a full professor with both.

Finally, we are looking to hire directors for two new signature programs—one in the area of professional identity formation and one in the area of legal innovation and entrepreneurship. These directors will oversee the design and implementation of each program, as well as teach courses and direct co-curricular opportunities related to the program.

The University of Richmond, an equal opportunity employer, is committed to developing a diverse workforce and student body and to supporting an inclusive campus community. Applications from candidates who will contribute to these goals are strongly encouraged.

Inquiries regarding entry-level hiring should be directed to Professor Jim Gibson at lawfacultyapp@richmond.edu. Inquiries regarding the Haynes Chair should be directed to Professor Corinna Lain at hayneschairapps@richmond.edu. Inquiries regarding the professional identity formation and legal innovation positions should be directed to Professor Jessica Erickson at lawdirectorapps@richmond.edu.

July 19, 2019

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL in Boston invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Academic Support. Responsibilities will include teaching an upper-level bar preparation course, a second-year legal analysis course, and/or academic support classes; individually assisting students studying for the bar exam; and providing academic support to help students develop the study and analytical skills necessary for academic success during law school. Academic Support Program faculty must be available to work with both day and evening-division students, including during the summer months. This position will be jointly supervised by the faculty directors of our Academic Support and Bar Preparation Programs. This is an entry-level non-tenure track position, renewable annually with the possibility of longer term contracts after the second renewal. The successful candidate will be invited to start as soon as January 2020 but no later than June 2020. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a list of references, and a cover letter addressed to Professor Stephen McJohn and Professor Sabrina DeFabritiis, Co-Chairs of the Academic Success Committee, Suffolk University Law School. All materials must be uploaded to the Suffolk University job posting website, at http://jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkuniversity/job/oCNzafwS.

The Committee will begin reviewing submitted materials immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Suffolk Law is an equal opportunity employer and will give careful consideration to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Suffolk Law is committed to a diverse faculty and strongly encourages applicants from historically under-represented groups. For more information on Suffolk Law’s commitment to diversity, please see https://www.suffolk.edu/about/mission-history/diversity-inclusion